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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22

direct for Australia, and Mrs. Bulgin
was quick 10 eco The advisabilisy OF
doing as suggested. The following day
a public auction took place, and all her
houaehold property was sold for al
most nothing. The proceeds were trans
ferred TO the Doctor. They were to
be married in the evening, and. by di-
rection OF the Doctor, she packed up
Two trunks with all her clothing,
trinkets, &C., and forwarded them TO ]
Commerce street, where she was to be
married. She spent the rest OF the day
in bidding her friends farewell. Late
in the day one Of her trunks came
back empty. She hastened TO the Doe
tors rooms in New York, but only to
find that he had disappeared with his
sister She returned to her old quar-
tiers in Brooklyn, minus $S3S in money
end property. That night she had
nothing but the hare walls of her for
mer home to comfort her. The next
time she saw DIR. Grant (or, as she knew
him, Or. Prince) was when she visited
Cambridge few days ago. When she
asked him what restitution he proposed
TO make he replied:
"Why, yourafair is amere nothing,
baeatelie. | don't see what | can do
for you. You haven't much to complain
Of"
The experience of Miss Sturgis was
almost identical. She also forwarded
her trunks and personal effects to the
Doctors rooms at Commerce street
the same day. She was to follow in
the evening to be married.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
INDICTMENTS.
TRUE BILLS FOR MURDER AND HIGH.
WAY ROBBERY.
Coupon Cares Postponed-Psinful Acct
dent Baptist Church 0rgxnizsd-
Personal and News Notes.

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
PETERSBURG, April 81, 1887.
The quarterly term Of the Hastings
Court met to-day, Judge Bernard pre-
siding. The grand jury found true
bills against Frank Langston, charged
with the murder OF John II. Ruflin (;
Alfred Grotz, William A. Langston, and
Robert Hall, for highway robbery, and
number of other persons charged with
offences of less serious character.
The case of the Commonwealth US.
A. j. Guigon, of Richmond, indicted
for selling coupons in this city without
license as required by law, was con-
tinued until the July term of the court,
as were two or three cases involving the
tender of coupons for license-tax.
Counsel for Frank Langston (co-
lored), indicted for the murder of j.
II. Ruffin, stated TO the court that they
had had only about three weeks in
which to prepare their defence, and as
that time had not been sufficient, con-
sidering the grave offence with which
their client was charged, they would
ask continuance of the case until the
July term. No objection being made
on the part of the Commonwealth the
continuance was granted.
An indictment was also found against
Lee Nelson (colored), the porter of the
house of A. Rosenstock d Co., charged
with robbing his employers of goods at
various times.
William Fields (colored), while en-
gagged i'll piliDg lumber on vacant lot
on east Tabb street this morning, met
with a painful accident. Some of the
lumber fell and bore him to the ground,
breaking his right leg below the knee
and inficting other injuries.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. l.. Dickson,
who went abroad q yearagO on bridal
tonr, and who have visltedall the coun-
tries Of Europe during their visit, are
expected to arrive in New York on Sat
urday on the steamship Etruria. After
spending a few days IN New York and
Philadelphia they will return to Peters
burg.
Rev. DR.. Owen, of Portsmouth, and
Rev. j. NJ. Elcher, OF TINS Guy, visited
LawrenceVille last Sunday. where, after
preaching in the morning and evening,
they organized Baptist church with a
most encouraging list OF members.
Every hospitality and facility were
shown the reverend gentlemen by the
several Christian denominations in
Lawrenceville, whose churches were
offered them for their services. The
new church-the first of its kind in
Lawrenceville-was organized in the
Methodist church amidst much interest
and zeal, which promises great good.
Rev. J. NJ. Pitcher, secretary of the
BAPTIST Sunday-School and Bible
Board, has prepared most interesting
programme for the celebration OF chill
drens day, June 1st, which he is now
sending out to the various Baptist
churches throughout the State.
ROBIN ADAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
General mnhone's Manifesto.

Especial correspondence Of the Alexandria
Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 20. The
contents of the first page of the clrcu'
lar that General Malone has issued to
his party in Virginia, heretofore alluded
TO in this correspondence, is taken up
with the following words in large let
ters: "Let Republicans Keep this
Record in Readiness for Democrats
who Howl about Internal Revenue.
Democratic Leaders and Broken
Pledges. The Hypocrisy of Demo
cratic Leaders Exposed. The Tax on
Tobacco and it-Brandies, in the
Opinion of the Leading Spirits of the
Democratic Party, is and must be
Treated as War Measure, and Cannot
be Abolished until all the War Debt is
Paid. The circular is sixteenpageslong
and has, as an appendix, sixteen more
pages, containing speech of Mr..
Payne, Republican congressman from
New York. The circular is devoted en-
tirely to denunciation of the Demo
cratic leaders in Virginia in particular,
and of the Democratic party of the
country in general, for failing to pass
the Blair educational bill, the bill to
repeal the internal revenue tax, the bill
to refund the direct tax, and the bills
Tor public buildings in Virginia. The
circular is addressed to no one, and is
signed "Mahone II is generallysup-
posed that il was prepared by ex-Au-
ditor Brown Allen, who has forgotten
that of the two Republican leaders in
House, Mr.. Reed is on record as
saving that his people were not
at oil interested in the Blair
bill, and that Mr.. Hiscock once, when
motion was made TO take up that bill,
objected; that the sole and acknow-
lodged reason why some of the Repub-
licans said they would agree to the re-
peal OF the internal-reverSue tax was
that such repeal would necessitate q
continuance OF the high tariff on the
necessaries Of life and that there were
two Mahoneites in the last House.
neither of whom called up the bills for
public buildings in Virginia. II is also
q well-known fact that though few Of
the Republicans in the House were in
favor Of the repeal of the internal
revenue tax, for the reason hereto
fore stated, vast majority OF them
were utterly opposed 70 any reduction
either in the tax on tobacco or in that
on any eoft Of liquor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
Let Us Seek for Natural Gas.
LINDEN, Va, April 20, Is


To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
] have read with much pleasure sew
eral ably-written articles from Mr. Job
Atkins, mining engineer, in your
widely circulated and most excellent
journal on natural gas, and cannot
refrain from thanking you for publish
Jig them.
The Dispatch, above all others, is
The champion of Nirginia's interests
and business enterprises, and in my
opinion the successful tapping Of natu-
raj Cas in our Virginia stands next in
importance TO the Staie-debt question !;
aud knowing as / do the ability and
knowledge that Mr.. Atkins possesses
on mining and mineral formations, I
do most earnestly hope his wise opin-
ions and suggestions will be needed
and respected, as l feel sure il they
are il viii be blessing to Virginia I;
and il natural gas was tapped in Ches-
terfield it would doubtless be the
means of its being sought for and
found in other localities in our State.
1t was my lot land l shall ever look
upon it as q Proyidential one) to be
Mr.. Atkins's deputy for five years, and
j, as well as every other man under
him, looked upon him as much Of o
"Stonewall l. in mining and mineral
formations as our loved "Stonewall "
jackson was looked upon in military
matters, and he is as humane and kind
ss he is skilful.
Yours very truly,
jams II. Stills,
Practical Miner.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
Hit En- Again.

The Voice, the New York organ oil
the Prohibhonists, charges Chat the
Observation-Disclosures carried Michigan
by fraud at the recent election on con-
stitutionel amendment prohibiting the
sale of ardent spirits, &C., &c. This
charge is repeatedly made in the last
issue of The Voice. Here is hard hit
at the "cowards" and "hypocrites" OF
the Republican party. That paper
says;
"How ntrociously wicked it is, sure
enough, to count out and stuff ballot
boxes in Mississippi; but to do these
things in Michigan is harmless pro-
cedure, huge Joke. So, to you Re-
publican officials, geographical lines
determine right and wrong. You made
an cutlery because it was your OK that
was gored in the cotton States, and not
because a monstrous crime had been
committed against the rights OF Ameri-
can freemen. AT the crack of therum-
sellers whip you commit readily the
same crime. Ye towards, hypocrites,
out upon you
BLAINE and SIBERIAN must turn their
attention to Michigan. and do some
thing to prote1t the white voters of
their own section from acts of fraud
before they can consistently institute
ihquisitions in the southern section of
the Union. How well The Voice de-
scribes the Republican chmorers
against southern frauds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
IN TROUBLE.
A STORM BREWING IN REpuBLIcAs
CIRCLES.
The Eoifolk-"ounty split-Tpiscopal Con-
vocation Badly Cut-A Brutal As
sault-Personsl and Eriefs.
Correspondence Of the Richmond plspa.ch.l

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch
NORFOLK, April q, 1887.
The Republican party is IN trouble
in Norfolk county. and the independent
convention on Saturday at Providence
church for q combination ticket
threatens to greatly endanger the regu-
lar ticket. The Republicans have a
majority of about fifteen hundred IN
the county, and there are so many men
ambitious for Office that good deal OF
bad feeling is engendered, and the
party leaders find it impossible to
manage affairs as they have been accus-
toned to. The Democrats have
altogether abandoned making nomi-
nation, and those seeking Office are
running independently or seeking a
combination.
A vigorous canvass is reported going
on in Mathews county for the Demo
cratic nominations for county officers.
Hon. ]. w. G.. Blackstone, OF Acco-
mack, and Hon. J. +. Chalmers, OF Isle
of Wight, are in the city.
The Episcopal Convocation Of this
district, which embraces churches in
Princess Anne, Isle of Wight, Nanse-
mond, Sussex, Accomack, Northamp-
ton, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, is in ses-
sion here discussing Church affairs.
The sons of Confederate soldiers and
sailors of this city have effected an
organization to take part in the memo
rial celebration next month.
The advance guard of the army OF
pea-pickers for the adjacent truek-fields
is arriving from the back country.
Nofurtherarrests of men who mobbed
and buckshotted the residence of MIR.
Edward Bright Ives, in Princess Anne,
have been made. 1t is thought that
two of the three who are at large are in
the Dismal swamp, and that the other
has gone to Richmond.
Dr. r. II. Mcdonald, the San Fran
cisco millionaire, is again in the city
looking after his investments. He has
great faith in the future of this section.
In a quarrel over q plate of biscuits
last night George Diggs (colored) badly
cut his wife about the head with a
clOsp-knife.
The United States engineers COM
menced to day to make n survey of the
Nansemond river with view to I'M
provement -,
James Harris (coloredD was arrested
and committed to Jail last night for
brutal assault on two colorcd children
in the Fourth Ward. An excited crowd
Of negroes followed Harris to Jail.
A child of Charles Owens (colored)
fell out of bed and was suffocated in
Portsmouth yesterday.
Berkeley, opposite this city, has been
supplied with fire-engine from the
United States maynard.
Nearly a hundred immigrants were
landed here last night from the Old
Dominion steamship Roanoke.
About one hundred negroes arrived
here last night from Stanton and went
on board the Old Dominion steamship
for New York, where they have con
tracted to labor on the water-works.
During the past week about three hun
bred negro laborers have gone from
Virginia 10 New York for the same pur-
pose. U.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
Tree-plantinp-Agaln.

The New Orleans Tmes-Dcmocrdt,
il noticing that the people throughout
the North and West are just now cele-
bratipg sIbor-d.y, says:
"The eastern States are already be-
ginning to suffer from the destruction
a iheir forests and to recognize the
p,c1 aty Of holding out some encourage
en-. TO the planting Of trees. The
Sot.h has not reached this condition
yet, but it is well to take the matter in
maud in time and to begin the work Of
replanting with valuable trees the
forests now being cut down. 1t is q
matter Of great importance not only in
furnishing timber but in its climatic
effects, and it is laying up wealth for
the future. Ii costs little or nothing 10
plant trees, which in twenty or thirty
years, without any care or attention,
will become OF great value"
We are not so certain that some por-
tons Of the South have not reached
this condition" However, be that as
il may. why wait ? Why not commence
at once 70 plant trees on the waste
places and tho yorn-out lands II
every farmer and landowner in
tho South would take time by the
forelock in respect Of this mat
ter, there would DO little reason
to fear forest denudation. In this
connection it may be said that the ex-
pertinent OF planting foreign fora
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22

Tie Virginia reader will be surprised
to learn from the following paragraph
how high farming lands sell III West
Virginia. The Morgantown Post says
"Take, for example, the land in what
is known as the Forks Of Cheat Be-
fore the T., M. and p. was made TO
Morgantown many farms. could have
been, and some were, bought for $40 to
S75 per acre. How is it now? The
same land is held at $50 per acre be-
cause there is prospect of a railroad.
When this road is made to Uniontown,
Pa, we expect to hear of the same land
selling at $500 per acre"
1.-The Forks of Cheat is the little
point of land that lies just at the juno
ton of the Monongahola and Cheat
riyeIs. Fine grass land of course.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
DIR. GRANTS VICTIMS.
Two Women Robbed OF Their Fro
perty-One of Them
Rrookiyn Widow.

A Boston telegram of the Goth says ::
The Cambridge police make public the
facts about one of DR.. Andrew jackson
Grants exploits in New York year
AGO. when he succeeded i'll escaping
with every scrap of property belonging
to two women on the day which had
been selected for his marriage with
both. Early in March he and his So
called sister Kate took rooms at l Com
mtrce street, his assumed name and
character being DR.. Prince, wealthy
and retired Australian physician. He
resOrted to advertising i'll the personal
columns of the newspapers to secure
victims. His advertisement read
a wealthy man-money no object
desires to form the acquaintance of a
LADY of education and refinement, with
Il view to matrimOny."
This brought scores of answers,
among others one from Miss Mary
Sturgis, of west Twenty-third street,
New York, and one from Mrs. Annie
NJ. Eulgin, a widow of so Poplar street,
Brooklyn. Personal interviews fol-
lowed, and the courtships began.
Matrimony was talked of from the very
beginning. With Mrs. Bulgin he made
rapid progress, and within two weeks
she had consented to an immediate
marriage. The Doctors betrothal to
Miss Sturgis followed within few days.
March 18th was finally settled upon as
the date Tor both weddings, and the
Doctor altcrnated his evenings in
counting his two sweethesrts. Both
Mis-. PuIgin and Miss Sturgis visited
the Doctor at his home in Commerce
street, where many a pleasant hour
was passed in listening to his stories OF
Australia and what beautiful home
awaited them there. They called at
different times, and never met until
some time after they had lost all their
money and personal effects.
The 9th of March approached, but
the Doctor had not had very good sue
cess in his attempts to secure the pro-
perry Of the women. He limited two
or three times about postponement Of
the marriage, and Sister Kate suggested
that the LIST of april would be q good
date for the ceremonies. A series OF
heavy storms came the last days Of
March. The Doctor went to both wo-
men and said that he was very sorry to
feel obliged to postpone the marriage,
but the fact was he was very super
stitious, and he felt as though their
married life would be at some time
crossed by misfortune. Each of his in.
tended brides, after little display OF
disappointment, agreed to have the
wedding take place day later. Kate
again suggested the LIST of April, but
the 3lst OF March was finally fixed as
the day.
Mrs. Bulgin had something over $500
in bank. The day before their mar
riaee was 10 take place the Doctor pre-
vailed upon her TO take it all out and
transfer It to him for bookkeeping. AS
a meter of convenience he told her it
would be well to get it in 800 notes,
80 that he might carry il in his belt
without exciting SUSPICION. The I'M
ders.anding was that they were 10 sail
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
Those Adverse Influences.
ALBENIkIuE COUNTY, VA,
April 20. 1887.
y Ill. Lila. Of IN nirnnIch

To Tie Editor OF the Dispatch:
In your issue OF this morning there
Is q communication without signature
and headed "Other Considerations "
Now, the next two weeks will be a very
important period in the history Of Vir-
GINA, and the daily suggestions which
appear in your columns from different
sources all point towards the debt set
Element as being the great problem
upon which Yirginia's future depends.
HE writer above alluded to has
"touched the thing with sharp
point and the obstruction to Our pros
perity lies just under the surface where
he has applied the probe. He
says, ard it cannot be too often
repeated: Certain adverse inhu-
ences have been exerting a most
depressing influence upon the pros
perity of the agriculture of all the
country east of the Allegheny water
she'd FOR series of years. "The
shrinkage is exclusively in the agricul-
tur0l wealth OF The State, and this is
to be ascribod TO the discrimination in
railroad rates against the agriculture of
the East and in favor of that of the
West. Other influences may aid in the
effect, but the railroad rates are the pO-
tential factor"
There is our trouble, all neatly COM
pressed into the compass of nutshell.
There is our enemy, and the writer
quoted above has given the keynote on
which the bugles of the press should
sound the charge.
Virginia, in the Innocence of her heart,
Las conferred great franchises on
railroad corporations with the object
Of building up and developing her ma
terial resources, with the result of
having them destroyed. She has
warmed into life and vigor viper, and
the viper has grown into Il monstrous
anaconda that throttles her. UnlOose
those deadly coils and the resources of
this section at least can stand up under
taxation that would meet oil the debt,
whether it be just or unjust. The to-
bacco interest alone of this State since
1863 has paid tax to the General Gov
eminent equal to the State debt. Let
cur legislators cease to groyel on the
surface and go.to the root of the matter.
Now is the time to plan for action, and
the first step when they meet is to APP
Toint commission to supplement the
work of the United States commission.
Our only hope lies here. Our people
are getting their eyes open, and if their
interests are not speedily looked to by
their delegates in the Legislature they
will surely be marched to the rear and
deprived of their rations. c. w.
THE communication referred to by
c. w. appeared anonymously, but We
lad the writer's name. 1t is that of a
distinguished Nirginian.l
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
Judge FuItOn-LOw Salaries.

TAzEwELL c. H., VA, April 10, 1887.
To the EditOr Of the Dispatch:
The bar and citizens of Tazewell
county, irrespective of politics, will re-
ceive with deep regret the news which
reached us on yesterday evening of the
Intended resignation of the Hon. John
Il. Fulton. For seventeen years we
have been familiar with his face, as each
recurring session of the court brought
him in our midst, and the severance of
the relation which he has so long sus-
tanned TO us will DO felt alike by the
bar and people. He combines in an
eminent degree oil the qualities of mind
and heart which go to make up the
ideal Virginia Judge Of the olden time,
and, without wishing to PREJUDICE his
successor, we fear it will be many years
before the position is 80 well and salts
factorily filed.
The policy of the Legislature toward
our judicial officers in fixing low sala-
ries is not calculated to build up the
Judiciary of the State, and, we think,
is mistaken economy. II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
CAPTURED A MEXICAN OFFICER.
The Captain of IN American Schoon-
or Outwifs the MexicaDs.

A Tampa ella. telegram says: News
reached here to-day of all incident
which may involve this Government in
a controversy with Mexico. Last month
the Norwegian bark Brazaleria went
ashore off Cozumel, Mexico. The
schooner Nellie Blanche sailed from
Key West to render assistance.
She found that the bark's cargo had
been taken ashore, the vessel stripped,
and everything sold or confscated by
the Mexican authorities. The crew
were held as prisoners-on what ground
could not be learned. A Mexican
customs officer boarded the Blanche,
took her papers ashore, and then re-
turned with the information that the
Blanche could not clear from Cozumel
for Key West, but must go to Progreso,
240 miles further south, to do so.
Captain Russell, of the Blanche,
protested against taking his vessel 50
far ont of the way, but offered to go In
person. The Mexicans, however, in-
sisted that his vessel should make the
trip, and placed a customs inspector on
board TO take her to Progreso. This
morning the vessel sailed into Key
West. The captain says his crew would
not sail the vessel to Progreso, aud that
they brought her to- Key West, the
Mexican inspector, of course, being
also forced to make the trip. The in
spector is now in Geographic communi-
cation with his Government.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22

should be INDUCED in very cautiously.
Experience has shown that while many
varieties OF trees planted in localities to
which they ere not indigenous may
grow rapidly while young, they cannot
be depend upon TO attain vigorous
maturity, and that the best results are
reached by planting native fora.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22
DAaVILEE.
A Small BOY Stabs His Companion
ether Items.
special telegram to the Dispatch.l

Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
DANvILLR, VA, April 21.-A small
boy Was before the mayor this morning
for stabbing his companion. The boys
had been playing, when one of them
got mad and plunged a knife into the
Others breast. The wound is serious,
but not necessarily fatal.
On Sunday last the colored folks had
big baptizing in the river.
Old man Lemon Coleman, n cOlored
preacher, much beloved by his people
and highly respected by all classes.
died early this morning.
Some Of or cnterprising warehouse
people, in order TO get the new iron
bridge completed as soon as possible,
agreed to-day to put Up the balance of
the false work without cost to the
bridge people, and 1t is probable that
the work will now be completed in
three weeks.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-22

Democrats are in favor of n revenue
and not of protective tariff, and if
they have not enough men in the
House to effect its organization they
should not abandon their principles in
order to gain the paltry patronage of
that house. Alexandria Gazette.
The Gazette hits the nail on the
head. The Democrats must agree to
disagree on the tariff question, or the
Republicans will defeat them.